To draw the line at breastfeeding my hairbrush

DD is 18m and bf morning and evening. In the last month or so, she's become very insistent on having her favourite cuddly monkey and dinosaur breastfeed too. She finishes feeding on one side, then holds up monkey to let him feed, making pretend sucking noises, and then gives dinosaur a turn. Repeat on other side, and then back to the first several times. It's become a bit of a ritual, although she does miss out dinosaur if she's tired.

Yesterday, I had to breastfeed a toy car. Fine, ok, it's a one off. Today she wants me to breastfeed my hairbrush. I said no (in a cheery, casual way), and she had a full-on tantrum (the sort where toddlers make their body all melty so you can't hold on to them, and then when you try to lie them on the floor they arch their backs so that you can't put them down easily, followed by kicking and wailing).

I can give an update here: I caved in to feeding the hairbrush over the weekend, but on a friend's advice, adopted the don't offer/don't refuse approach to weaning it, and made sure that DD couldn't see it during her Monday feeds. It's been 3 days now, and I think the hairbrush is successfully weaned I did have to feed DD's pyjama trousers, but it's only been the once.

AIBU to be envious of the OP? She's having all the fun with her breastfeeding 18 mo and here I am with a stroppy little 16 mo DS2, who merely removes my hands from the keyboard very firmly when I'm attempting to MN at the same time as feed him.

DS1 used to ask me to breastfeed his cuddly toys but only after he'd stopped breastfeeding altogether.

Excellent - I thought it was just me. I have been handed Sophie the giraffe, dolly, a duplo brick, a spoon, a pen, a Balamory case (did you know Spencer is now a bus driver? And was I the only one who wanted to write Calm Down Archie! on youtube when Miles Jupp did Prodigy for Sports relief?) a book - all with a smile of joy from DD2 and the clucking sounds.

But best of all...she gave a wooden tiger to DHs Moobs (A to the D to the G cup!) and did the sucking sounds to him too.